Not quite the same thing. Building a feature that allows users to hate broccoli is not the same thing as building a site about the eradication of [insert ethnic or religious group here]. The policy is worded to ban the latter.
Ikai Lan Developer Programs Engineer, Google App Engine Blog: http://googleappengine.blogspot.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/app_engine Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/appengine On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 6:30 PM, Brandon Wirtz <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes they have responded to violations. General rule, if you can’t run > Google Adsense against it, it probably won’t play on GAE.**** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Waffles > *Sent:* Wednesday, June 15, 2011 7:36 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [google-appengine] NSFW content and other program policies**** > > ** ** > > I totally understand that you can't host such content on Google App Engine, > but to what extent can it be linked to? If a user posts a link to a NSFW > site on a GAE app, will that be in violation of the policies?**** > > ** ** > > I'm planning to make something akin to reddit in the sense that it's > user-submitted links about various user-specified topics, I'm considering > using GAE.**** > > ** ** > > These program policies are annoying, they seem so subjective and whimsical. > "hate-related content" could mean a "hate" button (as opposed to "like") > would cause an app to be disabled.**** > > ** ** > > To me, it seems like these policies are more for Google to cover their > asses, rather than serving a practical purpose, has Google responded to any > violations in the past?**** > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/google-appengine/-/caOS-bjaG0YJ. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.**** > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
